American
continent steadily advancing, the visible symbols of its undoubted sovereignty
are receiving fresh luster every day and its manifold institutions are driving
their roots deeper and deeper into its soil. Blest and honored as none among
its sister communities has been in recent years, preserved through the
inscrutable dispensations of Divine Providence for a destiny which no mind can
as yet imagine, such a community cannot for a moment afford to be content with
or rest on the laurels it has so deservedly won. It must go on, continually go
on, exploring fresh fields, scaling nobler heights, laying firmer foundations,
shedding added splendor and achieving added renown in the service and for the
glory of the Cause of Bahá’u’lláh. The seven year plan which it has sponsored
and with which its destiny is so closely interwoven, must at all costs be
prosecuted with increasing force and added consecration. All should arise and
participate.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a message dated 25 November 1937; ‘Messages
to America’)
